Sparkling night of flower lanterns celebrating Buddha's birthday in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - To celebrate Buddha's birthday, Buddhist calendar 2566, many pagodas in Nghe An organized flower lantern nights, leaving a deep impression.
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| In Buddhism, along with releasing animals and bathing the Buddha, flower lanterns are a traditional ritual... On this occasion, Ong Pagoda (Phuc Thanh Commune, Hung Nguyen), Loi Pagoda (Thuong Tan Loc Commune, Nam Dan), Pho Mon Pagoda (Vinh City)... solemnly organized a flower lantern night to celebrate Buddha's birthday. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| To have a complete night of flower lanterns, pagodas must prepare carefully, from making flowers, buying candles, tying lanterns... Currently, due to the convenience of ready-made flower lanterns, many pagodas have bought them and attached candles to the flowers. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Lanterns at the temple can be held by monks, nuns, and Buddhists during the ceremony, placed on tables, arranged around the Buddha statue, around the temple grounds, in front of the temple gate, and especially arranged into vivid images, symbolizing Buddhism. The "swastika" shaped lantern represents one of the good signs of Buddha, showing boundless merit and complete enlightenment, and is used quite a lot. In the photo: "swastika" shaped lantern in front of the Ong temple gate (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Depending on the location of the floating lanterns on land or on rivers and lakes, pagodas choose the type of floating lanterns made from suitable materials. If many floating lanterns are released on rivers, to avoid environmental pollution, it is necessary to use paper lanterns. If you want to use "eternal" and fixed lanterns that can be used many times, you must use lanterns made from plastic, silk, etc. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| When organizing a flower lantern night at the pagoda, to create attractive, vivid images with profound meanings, it is necessary to have someone who knows how to arrange and combine flowers... In the photo: Flower lanterns in the shape of a wheel of reincarnation at Ong Pagoda (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Lanterns are often lit at the end of the Buddha's birthday ceremony. Lanterns not only make the ceremony magical and sparkling, but also "light up" in each person a deep feeling about the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha. In the photo: Buddhists of Loi Pagoda (Nam Dan) rejoice in the night of lanterns. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In the shimmering space of flower lanterns, many young people took the opportunity to capture memorable moments. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Releasing flower lanterns into rivers and lakes requires care, skill, and gentleness so that the lanterns do not get flooded or the candles go out... The location of the lantern release must be in the direction of the wind, so that the lanterns can spread on the river or drift with the water. In the photo: Releasing flower lanterns to celebrate Buddha's birthday on Lam River wharf Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Although they do not create flower lantern rivers like those in Da Nang, Hue..., some pagodas in Nghe An have also successfully organized magical flower lantern nights. In the photo: Flower lantern night celebrating Buddha's birthday on Lam river. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| This year, during Buddha's birthday, Ong Pagoda (Hung Nguyen) organized a "Flower Lantern Week", especially making 7 lotus flowers (symbolizing 7 steps of Buddha at birth) made from silk, steel, and foam with large size and released on Lam River in the past few days, leaving a special impression. Photo: Huy Thu |
